Both games suck balls but New Vegas a little bit less.

New Vegas is just way more Fallouty than Fallout 3 when it comes to setting and atmosphere, so it wins hands down. That said, I'd still just rather play Fallout 2 again.

I prefer Fallout New Vegas the story and setting where good and i did hate wandering through the DC maze in Fallout 3. Also FNV had Muggy who cant love a robot with a cup addiction and a potty mouth.

Played 3 for a tad more than 100 hours - thought it was a boring mess, but somehow I had to get my money's worth (being a dummy, bought it when it came out). New Vegas on the other hand I consider one of the best games in the past 10 years and arguably the best rpg to come out in a very long time (even with all the flaws the game has due the retarded engine it's built on).

That's the spirit! I've finished Fallout 1 and 2 like 4 times, but with F3 and NV I always get so bored after first 10 hours I uninstall it into nomen-omen - Oblivion.

I can't get into any Oblivion-like game...

*takes a bow*

If you thought it was a boring mess, I'd argue that "getting your money's worth" is not the appropriate term for spending 100 hours with it...
Out of curiosity: Did you mod the game?

I played all three. I liked all three. F3 played very differently from the first two, but I did not care. I modded it quite a bit (as I do with most Bethesda games) which might have changed my perception of the game.
I have yet to play NV; as for the first three Fallouts, I'd say try out all of them. If the style of F1&2 or F3 does not suit you, you will probably notice soon enough.

Had around 30 mods. They helped a bit but ultimately couldn't fix a game that had so many problems. As far as I know no mods could fix the terrible world and level design, writing, plot and characters. Played it for 100 hours simply so I could do anything and go everywhere, fortunately a single playthrough was sufficient since the game mostly lacks c&c.

Maybe someday I'll go back to it and give it another try, but right now way too many other games to play that I really love! :-)

You and me both. The main reason I played it was that I was working all my hours 3 days a week, which gave me 4 days off. So, I could play a crap load. Otherwise, a game like that, I'd wind up being lost a lot and forgetting what I was doing.

Now, I've got a huge backlog and I have a few games still on preorder.

Fallout 3 all the way.

Already made my opinion clear on page one, but I have to say I replayed some of Fallout 3 recently and man is that writing and quest design horrible. Much worse than I remembered. New Vegas is miles ahead by comparison, as is Skyrim for that matter.

Are these games connected story-wise ?